The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 23, 1905, Image 1
TOL. XLII. NO. 69 NEWBERRY. S. C.. TTTESDAY MvAY 23, 1905. TWICE AWE.$.0YA
DISPENSARY LOSES PICKENS
Overwhelming Defeat-A Significani
Result in One of the Border
Counties After Warm Cam
paign.
The State.
Pickens. May 2o.-In the electior
today the dispensary was voted out
by 3 to 1. possibly 4 to 1.
So far as heard from the dispen
sary has not carried a single box and
it is thought that prohibition will
carry every precinct in the county.
There are 23 precincts in the county
and of these ii have been heard from.
The vote for and against the dispen
sarv is as follows:
Against For
Pickens ..........1..177 89
Easley ....... ....143 27
Easley cotton mill ..5...- 1 1
Liberty ..5.......... 4 10
Calhoun............ II -
Central ..6...........6 2
Cateechee .. .. .. .. .. 29 20
Dacusville ..........32 20
Maynard ............12 1*
Praters ..6...........6 3T
Cedar Mountain ......40 10
Total.. ..........678 220
This is the total reported up to last
night of 898 votes, and the total poll
ed will probably go to T,2oo or more.
At the last primary election in Au
gust, 1904, Pickens county polled
2,690 votes for railroad commissioner.
But in the primary election a great
many are qualified to vote who are
not qualified to vote in the general
election, and the requirements for to
day's election were the same as the
general election.
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* It's our aim
mer Dry Goo
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* at reduced i
* stores to pay
* Remember
+ Week Only.
* Black Dress (
* 1 lot Black Mohair, Voiles, Ba
* worth and sells for $1.25 to $1. 5(
* 1 lot Black Voiles, Mohairs ari
* 48c. the yd.
1 lot Black Dress Goods, wort
1 lot colored Dress Goods, spec
* 1 lot 36 inch Peau de Sole Silk,
* the yard.
1 lot 36 inch Black Taffeta, w:
* 84c. per yd.
*I lot 36 and 32 inch Poland and
* sale 38c. yd.
1 lot 18 in. Colored Silk, 49c.,
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* We have the rigt
* One look will conv
* We call special a
* Standard patterr
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The Meaning of it.
There was great interst all over the
state in the election on the dispensary
question which was held yesterday in
Pickens countv. As had been an:ici
pated. the dispensary was "voted out'
by an overwhelming majority-about
3 toC T.
The election was held inder the
provisions of the so-called Brice bill.
a measure that has been much before
the public and considerably discussed
in the legislature. It was under this
act that the dispensary last summer
was "voted out" of Cherokee county.
The act was in some respects attempt
ed to be amended at the January ses
sion of the legislature and t'he penal
ties for shutting up the dispensary <
made not so hard upon the county I
taking that action as they were when
the dispensary was defeated in Che/6
kee, but the effort failed in the senate.
In Pickens a very active campaign
has been waged for some weeks
against the dispensary. the leaders
being certain ministers of different 1
ominations. They have preached
and talked against the dispensary very
strongly. It has been claimed that
these forces were receiving the en
couragement and assistance of the
old moonshine element, which under f
the reign of prohibition would expect I
to have things its own way and make
ill.rit whi-k:.y without ceasing day or
night. There is no doubt that the f
moonshiners hate tht, dispensary- t
just as they hate any law which seeks t
to control or regulate the traffic in r
liquor-and they have doubtless con- 5
tributed to the overthrow of the sys- S
tem in eh-e election of yesterday. Nor f
would even the most ardent prohibi
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to give the buyin,
cds, Millinery and L
>rices before you
regular price for i
this sale begins
loods and Silks.
tiste, Eolienne, Panama Cloth, etc.,
P, for this sale 77c. per yd. sa
.d Shark Skin, worth 75c., this sale N
pr
h 49c., for this sale 23c. the yard. th
ial, worth 85c., for this sale 38c. the yd. w
special, worth $1 75, for this sale 94c- th
arranted, worth $1.50, for this sale 50
i Black Jap Silk worth 85c., for this ~
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for this sale 25c. per yard. ef
it styles, right value, rig
ince you that the price i
ttentioni to our May clear
is for June, 10 and 15c.
The Rigoht P
tionist expect to suppress the moon
shine trade in Pickens. which is a bor
der county, with the free and uncon
quered mountains in its very midst.
Cher#)kee has so successfully kept
down the blind tigers. with the pub
lic sentiment so strongly back of
prohibition, that it has been unnec
!ssary for the governor to enforce
:hat provision of the Brice act which
:alls for the levy of a special tax for
the enforcement of the law in such
:ounties. but whether the same con
ition will prevail in Pickens county
s quite another question. The task
iow cut out for the sincere prohibi
:ionists in that county is immeasura
>ly more difficult than that which
:onfronted the same faction in Chero
cee.
However, the defeat of the dispen
;ary in Pickens is taken by the po
itical seers as an indication of the
vaning strength of the Great Moral
nstitution before the people. It is
)ointec. out that the only two coun
ies which have voted on the dispen
ary have voted against it by large
najorities, and it is asserted that oth
r counties are ready to follow their
xample. The opponents of the dis
>ensary law and some of its present
riends have tried very hard to secure
he passage of a law which would
ive a county th-e right to vote on the
uestion of dispensary or no dispen
ary without any complications, but
he legislature has maintained that
he county voting out a dispensary
ust give up its share of the dispen
ary profits apportioned to the public
chools and perhaps pay a special tax
or the enforcement of prohibition.
'otwithstanding these penalties the.
iTM.
HE SE
g public of New
hoes, and in fai
i are forced by
:he same goods.
Wednesday, 9
We make a broad assertion when we
y we are t;he only Millinery house in
twberry selling this line on same
ice basis as dry goods. We offer you
is week, to move quick, ready-to
~ar.Hats at your price, a new lot
ite Duck Hats just arrived-see
em.
I lot Dresden Ribbons, worth 35 to
. for this sale 23c. yd.
1 lot Taffeta Ribbons, Nos. 40, 60
d 80, worth 20c., for this sale 10c. yd.
American Beauty Corsets, including
~ep Hip, Braid Girdles and Gauze
~ects at reduced prices this week.
t colors-black, tan a
right.
ance counter. Ask th<
None higher.
rice Store, Newi
sentiment is said to be setting in
against the dispensary. and there are
Pickens and Cherokee to prove it.
The next county to hold such an elec
tion is probably to be Spartanburg
one !f the largest counties in the state
from t'ie standpoint of voting
strength-and then will come Union,
petitions for an election having al
ready been circulated in both of these
counties. The results there will be
awai:ed with the greatest interest, as
the -xistence of the dispensary sys
tem in its present form is evidently at
stake.
All of which will make the cam
paign next year very interesting also.
One Box Goes For Dispensary.
Pickens, May 2.-Nine precincts
out of 23 give for the dispensary 168
against 561. Complete returns not
obtainable until Tuesday. Eastatoee
box voted 14 for, and 7 against the
dispensary, the only box in the nine
heard from that voted a majority for
dispensary.
IN NEW YORK.
Ernest Hentz Turns Up There In
Destitute Condition.
The little half witted negro, Er
nest Hientz, who has been on the
streets here for a good many years
and who has also managed to get to
other near by towns has managed to
get as far as New York. It is not
probable that he was enveigled there
by a traveling man, however. The
following is a letter received by
Shieriff Buford from the deputy to
the state board of charities of New
York and the sheriff's reply:
New York, May 2, 1905.
ASON ...
>erry a chance t
:t every article ir
some make-beli(
a in., and willic
White and Colored Wa
Worth Double1
1 lot Organdy, white and oolored, for
11 1-2c. a yd.
I lot Persian Lawn, shir quality, wortl
I lot Persian Lawn, worth 25c., for th
1 lot Colored Organdy, floral designs,
the yd.
1 lot .Dotted Mulls, worth 35e., for thb
1 lot French Nets for evening dress, 'a
the yard.
1 lot Checked Dimity, worth 15c., for
ppers
nd white, for men, worn
Sprice of the articles on
erry, S. C.
I,,+*+*+,+,+*.
Mr. Munson Beaufort, Sheriff, New
berry, S. C. My Dear Sir: We have
had committed to our . care Ernest
Hentz, colored, aged 21, who was
found in this city in a destitute con
dition. He has but one eye and is
partly crippled.
According to his statements, he re
sides in Newberry and was inveigled
to this city by a traveling man who
afterward deserted him.
He refers us to you and states that
his grandfather, Hack Hentz, and his
wife Mabel Scott Hentz, reside at 5
Brooklyn Street, Helena. tNewberry,
S. C. Will you kindly advise us.
whether his statements are correct.
Thanking you for your reply, I am,
Yours very truly,
Henry D. Kerr,
Deputy,
Newberry, S. C., May 22, 1905.
The State Board of Charities and
H.enry D. Kerr, New York. Dear
Sirs: Yours of May 2, and post mark
bearing date of May 20th, 1905, re
ceived, and contents noted. In ans
wer I would state, there is a boy by
the name of Ernest, with the descrip
tion you give that lives in Helena, a
small town near this place. This
boy has been gone from here some
time and no doubt he is the one you
have in charge. Thanking you for
your trouble.
M. M. Bufc:d,
Sheriff Newberry County.
It does seem that nearly always the
most fun is in the things that are not
good for you.
o buy Sum
i our house
wve cheaper'.
ontinue One
Lsh Goods That's
the Price.*
Commencement Dresses for '
1 40c., for this sale 19c. per yd.
is sale12 -2c. the yard.
w'orth 15c., for this sale 8c. -
is sale 20c. the yard.
rorth 40c., for this sale 19c.
this sale 8c. the yard.
'en and children.
that table.g
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